Kate Smith Quotes
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.
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I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.
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Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds.
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I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.
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Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another.
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I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.
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And when all is said and done, there is no greater success in the world than just being happy.
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This nation loves singing and loves acting.
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I love animals to the extent that my home is my dog's home! Which means that nothing is too good for my Freckles-chairs, couches, beds. But I do draw the line on chipmunks nibbling at my table linens, bedding, blankets, etc.
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I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.
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As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.
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I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.
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In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.
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I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
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Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.
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An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.
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My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.
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If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.
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I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me.
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There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.
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In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them.
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I just can't read music.
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I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.
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It has been said that genius is only the power of making continuous effort. The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it. We are told that there is no failure, except in no longer trying - no defeat, except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own weakness of purpose.
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I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.
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